The Mexican Suitcase

2007 documentary

The Mexican Suitcase

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Directed by| Trisha Ziff
Written by| Trisha Ziff
Produced by| Trisha Ziff, Eamon O'Farrill, Paco Poch
Cinematography| Claudio Rocha
Edited by| Bernat Aragonés, Luis Lopez, Paloma López

Production
companies

212 Berlin, Mallerich Films, Alicorn Films

Release date

* July 9, 2011 (2011-07-09) (Karlovy Vary)[1][2]

Countries| Mexico, Spain, United States
Languages| English, Spanish

The Mexican Suitcase is a 2011 documentary film directed by Trisha Ziff. It tells the story of over 4000 film negatives created during the Spanish Civil War by photographers David Seymour, Gerda Taro, and Robert Capa. The film follows the journey of the photographs from their disappearance at the beginning of World War II to their rediscovery in 2007. Interviews also cover political and personal stories from the era. According to Documentary magazine:

> The Mexican Suitcase brings together three narratives: the suitcase, the exile story and how people in Spain today address their own past, 30 years after transition. The Mexican Suitcase addresses the power of memory, and asks, “Who owns our histories?”[3]

Time wrote, "Ziff weaves in personal, often painful accounts of biographies of those who had survived the war by fleeing Spain, many unable to forget even to this day."[4]

Film Journal International said, “…for even the most casual students of photography, journalism and history, this beautiful and soulful film is nevertheless required viewing.”[5]

The film was invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Awards consideration by participating in DocuWeeks 2011, where it was called "fascinating on multiple levels."[6]

## References

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1. ^ "KVIFF | The Mexican Suitcase". www.kviff.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
2. ^ Adams, Mark; critic2011-07-09T15:59:00+01:00, chief film. "The Mexican Suitcase". Screen. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ "Meet the DocuWeeks Filmmakers: Trisha Ziff--'The Mexican Suitcase'". Documentary. No. August, 2011. International Documentary Association. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
4. ^ Goto, Yumi (August 26, 2011). "Tales of The Mexican Suitcase". Time. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
5. ^ "Film Review: The Mexican Suitcase". Film Journal International. August 24, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
6. ^ Campbell, Christopher (August 26, 2011). "DocuWeeks: "The Mexican Suitcase" Fascinates on Multiple Levels". IndieWire. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

## External links

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* The Mexican Suitcase at IMDb

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Robert Capa

Photographs|

* The Falling Soldier (1936)
* Crowds Running for Shelter When the Air-raid Alarm Sounded (1937)
* Sicilian Peasant Telling an American Officer Which Way the Germans Had Gone (1943)
* The Shaved Woman of Chartres (1944)
* The Picture of the Last Man to Die (1945)

Photography series|

* The Magnificent Eleven (1944)

Books|

* Death in the Making (1938) (with Gerda Taro)
* The Battle of Waterloo Road (1941) (written by Diana Forbes-Robertson)
* A Russian Journal (1948) (with John Steinbeck)

Family and relationships|

* Ingrid Bergman (girlfriend)
* Cornell Capa (brother)
* Gerda Taro (associate, girlfriend)

Related|

* Capa House
* Magnum Photos
* Robert Capa Gold Medal
* The 400 Million (1938 documentary)
* La sombra del iceberg (2007 documentary)
* The Mexican Suitcase (2011 documentary)

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